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1998 Session

Budget Amendments - HB29 (Conference Report)

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Delete "Welfare to Work Grant" in GETD

Item 404 #1c

Item 404 #1c

First Year - FY1997 Second Year - FY1998
Health And Human Resources
Governor's Employment and Training Department FY1997 $0 FY1998 ($801,216) GF
FY1997 $0 FY1998 ($1,602,432) NGF

Language
Page 112, line 23, strike "$43,708,320" and insert "$41,304,672".
Page 112, strike lines 34 through 44.


Explanation
(This amendment deletes funds and language for a new federal "Welfare to Work" grant in the Governor's Employment and Training Department. A companion amendment in Item 531 for the Department of Social Services substitutes unused balances in the federal TANF block grant for the new federal "Welfare to Work" grant that requires a state match. The funds would be used for the same purpose: to help hard-to-employ welfare recipients in preparing for, obtaining, and retaining employment. Use of the TANF funds would provide Virginia greater administrative flexibility in implementing the program. Federal requirements associated with the "Welfare to Work" grant requires the involvement of the Governor's Employment and Training Department and local Private Industry Councils along with the Department of Social Services.)